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PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 3650
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, DENYING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE
GENERAL PLAN FROM PI TO C AND OS ON PROPERTY
GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PALOMAR
AIRPORT ROAD EAST OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH
COLLEGE BOULEVARD/FUTURE ALGA ROAD.
CASE NAME: ENCINAS CREEK - MORGAN
CASE NO: GPA 93-03
WHEREAS, a verified application for an amendment to the Gen
designation for certain property located, as shown on Exhibit GPA 93-03, dated
1994, attached and incorporated herein, has been filed with the Planning Con
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WHEREAS, said verified application constitutes a request for an 12
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l3 as provided in Title 21 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code; and
l4 1 WHEREAS, the Planning Commission did, on the 20th day of Ap
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hold a duly noticed public hearing as prescribed by law to consider said reque
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19 ,I considered all factors relating to the General Plan Amendment.
testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, said Co
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Planning Co
of the City of Carlsbad, as follows:
A) That the above recitations are true and correct.
B) That based on the evidence presented at the public hearing, the Co
DENIES GPA 93-03, based on the following findings.
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Findin~s:
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The proposed land use designation is not appropriate for the site
inconsistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan. The p
designation is inappropriate as the site's access possibilities are too limiti
commercial use of the site. The site has a public street frontage only on
arterial street, Palomar Airport Road, and an access to this property from
Airport Road would not meet intersection spacing requirements for a primc
roadway. It will therefore be necessary for access to the site to be (
through the adjacent parcels to the west, Frazee and Kelly as depictei
conceptual Development Plan, to reach future Alga Road a Major Arteri:
Policy "C" of the Land Use Element is to "Discourage strip con
development". The Planning Commission has determined that propertic
Palomar Airport Road redesignated as commercial could result in the crf
strip commercial development along this important roadway. The
Commission finds that the western right-of-way line of Alga Road
Boulevard should be the dividing line for commercial developmel
considered in conjunction with the access problems to the properties to
of this future roadway.
3. Land Use Element Policy ItB" is to "Arrange land uses so that they
community identify and are orderly, functionally efficient, healthful, conv
the public and aesthetically pleasing". Access to the site is to limited at
not be functionally efficient for a commercial land use requiring di~
identifiable access by motorists to a major roadway.
4. Land Use Element Policy "D" states, "Locate major commercial and i
centers in areas which are easily accessible to maior transportation f
Again the location of the site with it's limited and somewhat circuitous
order to comply with City policies and standards prevents the property frc
easily accessible to major transportation facilities to the degree requi
commercial use.
5. Circulation Element Policy D.1.2 stipulates that "The number of access
freeways and prime arterials should be minimized to enhance the functio~
routes as throughways". This policy addresses the main function of
arterial which is to carry large volumes of traffic within and through
Limitations on the location and number of intersecting roadways and (
allow prime arterials to achieve this intended function of their desigr
maintains a higher degree of traffic safety. This policy provides justif%
the prohibition of direct access fi-om the property to Palomar Airport R
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6. Circulation Element Policy D.2 reads as follows: "Prime Arterials: Drivew
is prohibited on prime arterials". Palomar Airport Road is a prime
Therefore the property must gain access through the Kelly and Frazee F
to future Alga Road which is not a desirable situation for a commercial I
by doing so the traffic generated for a commercial proposal will not mee
de-sac standard for the maximum number of average daily vehicle trips
7. The proposed land use is not consistent and compatible with surrounc
uses. The proposal will result in an isolated commercial designation wh
located at the intersection of arterial streets.
8. A Traffic Study was prepared for the proposed land use change by WF
Engineering, Inc. and is dated June 14,1993. The study shows that a co
development on this property will generate 8,600 daily trips as compar
1,100 daily trips generated by a planned industrial project of the same s
is a difference of 7,500 daily trips. The traffic generation for the
commercial proposal will not meet the single entrance cul-de-sac dev
standard. The site is limited to one access point through the Frazee ,
parcels. Approval of land use change will create a situation where a
commercial development on the property could not comply with the En
Department's cul-de-sac policy.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the 20th day of April, '
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Chairperson Savary, Commissioners: Schlehuber
Welshons, Erwin & Hall.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Commissioner Betz.
ABSTAIN: None. 1
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PEGGY d&&Y, Chairpers
CARLSBAD PLANNING COMM
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I? Planning Director
u v MICHAEL J. HOLZMILLER
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